1966 Nigerian coup d'etat

Wann

15. Jan. 1966 – 16. Jan. 1966

Art

Putsch

Koordinaten

9.00° N, 8.00° E

Description

violent overthrow of Nigerian government

Overthrow of the First Nigerian Republic

On 15 January 1966, soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu and four others carried out a military putsch, killing 22 people, including Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello, many senior politicians, senior Army officers and their wives, and sentinels on protective duty.

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